Kennedy Agyapong keeps his winning team together for another presidential run. The NPP hopeful picked Alhaji Fuseini Baba Gushegu again as his Northern Regional Coordinator. Baba ran the northern campaign during the 2023 party contest. People called him smart and good at connecting with voters. His comeback shows Agyapong wants to keep the same successful approach.
Hassan Amadu talks for the campaign team up north. He says Baba made a huge difference last time around. The Northern Region gave Agyapong many votes during those primaries. This hurt Dr. Bawumia badly and cut his expected support. Baba deserves credit for making this happen.
The campaign team promises to work even harder this time. Amadu says they want to double their...
NPP man Richard Ahiagbah slammed the 24-hour economy policy as a failed promise. He claims the policy lacks clear details and cannot work as planned. The government launches this plan today but Ahiagbah says it became a burden for Presidential Advisor Goosie Tanoh. He questions where the massive $4 billion will go for this project. Tanoh must find a way to make this idea seem better than it is.
Former President Mahama talked about this idea during his campaign last year. The government plans to give around $300 to $400 million to start things off. They hope private companies will put money into the rest of the project. Ahiagbah believes nobody looked hard at this plan before approving it. He says news people just let the NDC party talk...
A political sparring match erupted over Ghana's proposed 24-hour economy policy. Richard Ahiagbah from the opposition New Patriotic Party blasted the government's economic strategy as nothing more than a vote-grabbing scheme. He urged leaders to abandon the costly plan and instead continue the party's One District One Factory initiative.
Presidential Advisor Goosie Tanoh revealed the policy would require approximately $4 billion with initial seed funding between $300 million and $400 million to attract private sector investment. Ahiagbah criticized media outlets for failing to thoroughly examine the policy's feasibility when initially proposed.
The NPP representative questioned the massive expenditure and challenged the government's...
A top lawyer for Ghana's National Democratic Congress has fired back at critics who keep connecting his party to an old military government. Godwin Edudzi Tamekloe works as the NDC's legal chief and he made his anger clear on Monday. He wrote harsh words on Facebook after people at a recent ceremony tried linking the NDC to the PNDC regime from the 1980s. Tamekloe said these connections are false and unfair to voters. He called the claims dishonest attempts to twist history for political gain.
The fight started during Ghana's annual day for remembering fallen heroes. Speakers at the event brought up terrible murders that happened back in 1982. Three judges and one retired soldier died during those dark times under Jerry Rawlings and...
Ghana's government just revealed eight massive projects that will power their famous 24-Hour Economy plan. Officials from the national office told reporters the policy goes way beyond people working different shifts. Abdul Nasser spoke for the team and explained how these eight parts work together to transform the whole country. The projects have catchy names like GROW24 and BUILD24 that represent different areas of the economy. Each piece tackles a specific problem that has held Ghana back for years.
GROW24 focuses on farming and food production to feed the nation better. BUILD24 wants to upgrade roads, buildings, and construction across Ghana. CONNECT24 will move goods around the country through better transportation systems...
A top money expert from University of Ghana thinks the government's new 24-Hour Economy plan could actually work. Professor Patrick Asuming says the policy looks good on paper even though he has not read the whole thing yet. The economics teacher believes Ghana might finally fix its broken money system with this bold new approach. He admits that early information about the plan seems promising for the country's future. The professor wants to see more details before making his final judgment.
The 24-Hour Economy started as a simple idea about people working different shifts around the clock. Government leaders have changed their vision to something much bigger than just work schedules. Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson talks about...
President Mahama just finished his first six months running Ghana and the country looks much better. The economy was falling apart when he took over but things have turned around fast. People can see early signs that Ghana is getting back on track after years of trouble. Money problems that scared everyone before are starting to fade away. Businesses feel more confident about making investments again.
The Ghanaian cedi was trading at 15 cedis per dollar when Mahama started his job. The currency has jumped back to around 10 cedis per dollar thanks to smart banking moves. Inflation dropped from 23.5 percent down to 18.4 percent over the same time period. Interest rates fell from 30 percent to just 15 percent making loans cheaper for...
MTN Ghana crashed hard on Monday when their computer systems broke down. The mobile company tried to launch a special deal giving customers fifteen percent more data for free. Their network completely failed just as the new bonus program started. Thousands of angry customers found themselves unable to buy any data packages at all. MTN quickly admitted their mistake and promised to fix everything fast.
The government had forced all three major phone companies to give customers better deals starting July first. MTN faced the biggest changes because officials labeled them as having too much market power. AT Ghana and Telecel Ghana only had to add ten percent more data to their packages. Both smaller companies managed to launch their...
Africa's biggest development bank just handed Johannesburg a massive cash boost worth 139 million dollars. The money will fix up the broken city before world leaders arrive for the G20 meeting later this year. Bank officials picked one hundred special projects to repair water pipes, electrical systems, and garbage collection services. This marks the first time the African Development Bank has given money directly to a city rather than a whole country. Johannesburg desperately needs the help after years of poor management left the place falling apart.
The city of gold has serious problems that embarrass South Africa's government. Water leaks waste nearly half of all supplies that flow through old pipes underneath the streets...
